Apparatus for applying soles and heels to footwear.



APPLICATION FILED APR.22, I915- Patented Dec. 19, I916.

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JOHN S. HUSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A-SSIGNOR TO EVER-LAST COTTON SHOE CORPO- RATION, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SOLES AND HEELS TO FOOTWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed April 22, 1915. Serial No. 23,699.

provide an apparatus designed to be utilizd e ma manner whereby soles and heels may effectually applied to footwear bya process of cementation, the invention being particularly adaptable for facilitating the work of providing footwear with a sole and heel made of fabricated material, such as canvas which by the employment of a cementitious substance for causing the sole or heel to adhere to the footwear at the same time being incorporated into the material when subjected to pressure will produce a sole and heel of great durability and which will be practically moisture-proof as well as serving to prevent the wearer from slipping while walking. This is accomplished mainly by providing a support preferably in the form of a ack having a last on which is removably disposed the footwear to be soled and heeled, and on the support is mounted a cooperating presser device which is caused to be moved into contact with the sole or heel provided with cement after being' positioned on the footwear whereby the sole or heel will adhere thereto by the pressure produced by the presser device, the presser device being preferably in the form of an adjustable roller which is guided to and fro on the sole or heel.

Other objects of the invention are to provide means for controlling the adjustment of the presser device whereby its pressure on the sole or heel may be regulated; and to provide an adjustable clamp for removably retaining the footwear on the last of the support.

A practical embodimentof the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully I described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevatlon of oneform of apparatus for applying soles and heels to footwear embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view, partly in detail and partly fragmentary, taken on the line III-III of Fig. 1.

The apparatus has a support 10 which is preferably in the form of an ordinary jack' used in the work of making and repairing footwear, and which consists of a post 11, a base 12, and a last 13 mounted on the top of the post for allowing a shoe and the like to be removably applied thereon. I

When the upper of a shoe, as 14, with a partor the whole of its sole and heel have been made in the usual manner they are disposed on the last 13 with the underside disposed upwardly. .An outer sole, as 15, and a heel cap, as 16, of leather, rubber, or other suitable material but which are made preferably of canvas, and like fabricated material are properly arranged singly, or colhas been applied thereon, the sole and heel being positioned so that the cement will.

contact with the opposed parts of the shoe, while the cement has the property of partly penetrating the sole and heel when subjected to pressure.

In order to cement the sole and heel firmly to the shoe as well as causing a portion of the adhesive substance to penetrate the sole and heel, I provide a presser device, as 17 The presser device 17 has a roller 18 which may be of any desired length, and the periphery of the roller may be concaved, as at 19, for serving to prevent the edges of the sole, and heel from curling when the roller is guided thereover under pressure. The roller 18 is rotatably mounted on a rod 20 of a length so that its ends extend some distance outwardly of the ends of the roller, and on these ends of the rod are held handles 21 and 22 to permit the roller to be manually revolved. The roller 18 is arranged transversely with relation to the last and relatively to the shoe when being soled and to cause the sole and ture-proof as well as tending and forth from the toe to the heel of the shoe. The handles 21 and 22'are spaced from the ends of the roller, and to the roller is connected a controller, as 23, serving as means to allow the presser with respect to the shoe whereby the pressure on the sole and heel may be regulated as occasion requires.

The controller 23 has a vertically disposed substantially U-shaped swinging member, or bracket 24. On the free end of one of the arms 25 of the bracket 24 is a hook 26 which is guided over the rod 20 between the handle 21 and the-roller 18, and on the free end of the second arm 27 of the bracket is a hook 28 disposed over this rod between the handle 22 and the'rolle'ri The hooks 26 and 28 are of sizes to allow the presser device to be freely revolved therein, and the lower bridging end of the U-shaped bracket-is movably passed through an opening 29 in a lever 30 contiguous to one of its ends so that the bracket and the presser device may be swung backwardly and forwardly. The end of the lever 30 adjacent to this opening is pivoted, at 31, to a bracket 32 secured to the support to which the 'base 12 of the jack is held at one side thereof, and this lever is of a length so as to extend transversely some distance beyond the opposite side of the jack so that suflicient pressure may be produced on the bracket and on the presser device when the lever isoperated. Intermediatethe ends of the lever 30 is a yoke 33 which is movably guided over the post 11 of the jack, and in this manner the lever is adapted to be moved in upward and downward directions centrally of the apparatus. By moving the free end of the lever 30 upwardly with the foot of the operator of the apparatus the bracket 24 and the presser device 17 will likewise be swung in an upward direction for disposing the roller 18 above the shoe on the last 13. The sole and the heel singly, or collectively, after the cement has been distributed thereon, are properly arranged on the bottom of the shoe. The lever 30 is swung downwardly by the foot of the operator for forcing the bracket 24 also downwardly to cause the roller 18 of the presser device to contact with the sole and heel on the shoe. The roller is then revolubly guided back and forth from the toe to the heel of the shoe by the operatorof the device directing the handles 21 and 22 accordingly, and during'this process the pressure of the roller on the sole and heel is increased or decreased as required heel to properly adhere to the shoe as wellas forcing the cementitious substance to penetrate the texture of the sole and heel by forcing the lever either upwardly or downwardly. In' this manner a sole and heel will be produced of great durability, and which will be practioallymoisdevice 17 to be adjusted.

. porting bracket 35 which to prevent the I For the purpose of removably retaining the shoe on the last 13 of the jack when being soled and heeled, an adjustable clamp, as 34, is provided. The clamp 34 has a supis substantially the shape of a cross to provide four angularly disposed arms, 36, 36 36", 36. The arm 36 of the clamp is split longitudinally, as

shown, to form two spaced members, the central parts of which are movably sprung'in straddle arrangement over the post 11 of the jack so as to be longitudinally disposed .whereby the arms 36, 36 36 will be under the heel of the shoe on the last 13. In registered openings in the free end parts of the spaced members of the arm 36 of the bracket 35 is a set screw 37 to permit these members to be tightened, or loosened so that the} bracket may be suitably adjusted on the post" of the jack relatively. to the shoe on the last 13. bracket 35 is pivoted the lower end of tical gripping member, or finger 38 having a projecting tooth on its upper end. To the free end of the arm 36 is pivotedthe lower end of a second vertical gripping member, or finger 39 having on its upper end a projecting tooth, and to the free end of the arm 36 is pivoted the lower end of a third vertical gripping member, or finger 40 also havin on its upper end a toothed fingers 38, 39, 40 are of similar lengths, and these fingers are adapted-to be swung in radial directions to and from the heel part of the last 13 of the apparatus so that their teeth will be moved into and out of engagement with the heelportion of the shoe-when being soled and heeled.

The fingers 38, 39, 40 taper'toward the toothed ends thereof, and encircling these fingers is a ring, or band, as 41, adapted to be adjusted upwardly and downwardly on the central parts of the fingers. Through the center of the adjusting ring 41, and midway between the fingers 38 39, 40is-disposed the upper end of a ro or bar 42 the lower end of which is pivoted, at 43 to the foot lever 30 adjacent to its yoke 33. Through the upper part of the bar 42 may be one, through one of which is passed a rod 45 which is disposed transversely on top of the ring 41. The clamp, 'or mechanism 34 is operable simultaneously with the operation of the presser device 17 and the pressure controller 24 for holding the last of the jack against accidental movement. When the foot lever 30 is swung up- ,wardly to operate the presser-device and the pressure controller, as hereinbefore explained, the rod 42 of the clamping mechan- 1Sm 34 will also be directed upwardly. The adjusting band 41 may then be moved upprojecting tooth. The

shoe on the To the free end of the arm 36 of the a veror a number ,of spaced; eyes 44 wardly on the fingers 38, 39, 40 to allow these fingers to be spread apart prior to applying the shoe on the last of the jack. When the shoe is arranged on the last, and the lever 30 is forced downwardly the rod 42 and the rod 45 will be similarly moved for slidably guiding the ring 41 toward the lower enlarged ends of the tapered toothed fingers 38,- 39, 40. The fingers will thereby be swung toward the shoe to cause their teeth to releasably engage the heel portion of the shoe which in turn will be tightly held on the last 13. WVhen the shoes being soled and heeled vary in size the toothed fingers of the clamping mechanism may be regulated to be swung in a less or greater radius by adjusting the ring 41 accordingly on the fingers following the shifting of the transverse rod 45 in the proper eye 44; of the bar 42 so as to suitably raise, or lower the lever 30.

In the foregoing description, I have em bodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent i 1. An apparatus for applying soles and heels to footwear, comprising a support with a last for allowing footwear to be removably held thereon, a roller having a concaved periphery, adapted to be manually rolled under pressure in contact with a sole or ,heel having an adhesive material thereon whereby the sole or heel when arranged on the footwear will be caused to adhere thereto by the pressure produced by the presser device as well as preventing the edges of the sole and heel from curling, a swinging bracket connected to the roller, a lever on the bracket, fulcrumed so as to be moved for regulating the pressure of the roller on the sole and heel, andan adjustable clamping mechanism operable by the lever for detachably engaging the footwear so as to be held against accidental displacement on the last.

2. An apparatus for applying anti-slipping soles and heels to footwear by cementation, comprising a jack having a last thereon for receiving the footwear, a presser roller, a rod rotatably supporting the roller, handles on the ends of the rod beyond the roller for manually exerting pressure on a sole or heel by engagement of the roller therewith, a foot lever, connections between the lever and the rod on either side of the roller whereby pressure may be exerted on the roller, a bracket connected to the jack, gripping fingers pivoted to said bracket and adapted to engage the footwear for securing the latter on the last and means operative with the foot lever for moving said fingers into and out of operative positions.

3. An apparatus for applying soles and heels to footwear, comprising a support for removably holding the footwear, an adjustable foot-actuated presser device consisting of a rotatable drum adapted to be moved into contact with a sole or heel having an adhesive material thereon whereby the sole or heel when arranged on the footwear will be caused to adhere thereto by the pressure produced by the presser device, and a footoperated clamping device connected to the foot-actuated presser device for retaining the sole on the last during the operation of the presser device on the sole and heel, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. An apparatus for applying soles and heels to footwear, comprising a support for removably holding the footwear, a presser device adapted to be moved into contact with a sole or heel having an adhesive maon the support, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty first day of'April A. D. 1915.

JOHN S. BUSKY.

' Witnesses:

M. W. GREEK, M. DERMODY. 

